Bollywood star weeps as he heads for prison

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One of Bollywood’s biggest film stars wept in court today after being sentenced to six years in prison for possessing weapons linked to a terror attack which killed 257 people in Bombay in 1993.

In a case which has gripped the Indian media, Judge Pramod Kode said Sanjay Dutt, one of the Indian film industry’s most recognisable faces, had shown “scant respect for the law” by being found with the guns at his home, given to him by some of the plotters.

As the Judge handed down his testimony, Dutt stood weeping before him. “In no sense can this be